Sack-holder.



EARSCIN".

SACK HOLDER.

ArrLmATlolr FILED 3131154, 1910.

Patented May 16, 1911.

BERTON J. PABSON, 0F JOLIETTE, NORTH DAKOTA.

SACK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1911.

Application filed June 4, 19 11), Serial No. 565,021

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, BnR'roX J. PARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Joliettefin the county of Pembina and State of North Dakota, have invented a new and useful Sack-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to sack-holders; and the object is to provide a cheap, simple yet efiicient device for holding a sack open while it is being filled with grain, potatoes or any other substance for which sacks are used.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective front View of' my sack-holder and a piece of board for holding it.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals l designates a piece of boardadapt; ed to be nailed at one end to any kind of upright, such as a post or studding or the door frame of a granary, barn, cellar or other place where sacks are to be filled. The sack-holder proper is supported on said board in the manner shown, with its main loop 2 hanging down at the rear of the board and all the restof it positioned forward of the board.

The holder is formed of. a single piece of wire or round bar iron of about five-sixteent-h's of an inch diameter; said bar being .bent at the middle to form the U-shaped loop 2; each half bar is then bent forward to form loops 3, then downward to form loops 4, then upward to form loops or horns 5, then downward to'point 6 and thence outward laterally to form arms 7, the outer ends ofwhich are formed with a rearward eye 8, and the balance of the bar is directed forwardly to form almostparallel arms 9.

In the use of the holder the edges of the open end of the sack is placed rearwardly over the horns 5 and slipped down in rear thereof; the rest of the edge is similarly thrown upon and outward over the arms 7," loops S-and arms 9, so that the sack is sus pended between the four arms, and its free edge extends across between the free endsof the arms 9. The bottom of. the sack. may

object. In the simplest form of the holder- I omit the strap or plate 11 and simply invert the holder and hang the loop 2 on the peg. When; this is done the rear edge of the suspended sack enters into the loops 5 instead of into the loops 4; and if the sack is very large the edge may be placed in the loops 3,- whi'ch loops in that case have no board in them. In all cases it will be understood .that the arms and their loops shown are springy so to spread into holding engagement with sacks of uneven sizes.

It will thus be seen that- I provide a sackholder from a single piece of iron which while either hot or cold may easily and quickly be bent by suitable tools into the shape shown.

What I claim is A sack-holder formed of a single metal bar, said bar being bent at the middle to forms U-shaped loop, said loop being bent to form a broad hook adapted to take over an object for supporting the holder; the remaining portions of the bar extending from said loop on each side thereof being each curved forward, thence upward, thence forward and downward to form the loops or horns for holding the sack, thence outward in opposite directions, then formed each- 

